Electronic File Formats
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Formats based on electronic/online media. | Formats based on electronic/online media. | ||
| − | * [[3D and CAD/CAM Models]] | + | * '''[[3D and CAD/CAM Models]]''' |
* [[Address books and contacts]] | * [[Address books and contacts]] | ||
| − | * [[Archiving]] | + | * [[Agriculture]] |
| − | * [[Audio and Music]] | + | * [[Annotation]] |
| + | * '''[[Archiving]]''' | ||
| + | * '''[[Audio and Music]]''' | ||
| + | * [[Backup]] | ||
* [[Bibliographic data]] - Catalogues, Finding aids and Reference lists | * [[Bibliographic data]] - Catalogues, Finding aids and Reference lists | ||
| − | |||
* [[Calendars]] | * [[Calendars]] | ||
| − | * [[Cameras and Digital Image Sensors]] | + | * '''[[Cameras and Digital Image Sensors]]''' |
| − | * '''[[Character | + | * '''[[Character encoding]]''' - Character encodings map binary data onto written characters. |
| − | * [[Compression]] | + | * '''[[Compression]]''' |
| − | * [[Currency]] - electronic currencies (e.g., Bitcoin) | + | * [[Configuration files]] |
| + | * [[Coupons and Tickets]] | ||
| + | * [[Culinary arts]] - file formats related to cooking, baking, frying, broiling... Yum! | ||
| + | * [[Currency]] - electronic currencies (e.g., Bitcoin). Also some systems for transferring funds in various currencies. | ||
* [[Databases]] | * [[Databases]] | ||
| − | * [[Development]] | + | * [[Data type]] |
| − | * [[Disk Image Formats]] (or tape image, etc.; images of data as stored on physical media) | + | * '''[[Development]]''' |
| + | * [[Diagramming and flowcharting]] | ||
| + | * '''[[Disk Image Formats]]''' (or tape image, etc.; images of data as stored on physical media) | ||
* [[Diskmagazines]] | * [[Diskmagazines]] | ||
* [[Distributed computing projects]] (volunteer and grid computing) | * [[Distributed computing projects]] (volunteer and grid computing) | ||
| − | * [[Document]] - Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation | + | * '''[[Document]]''' - Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation |
* [[Education]] | * [[Education]] | ||
| − | * [[E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums]] (includes various other sorts of messaging, BBSs, social networking, etc.) | + | * [[Electronic Publishing formats]] (e-books) |
| − | + | * [[Elements of File Formats]] | |
| + | * '''[[E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums]]''' (includes various other sorts of messaging, BBSs, social networking, etc.) | ||
* [[Encryption]] | * [[Encryption]] | ||
| + | * [[Enterprise software]] (ERP, CRM, and the rest of the buzzword initialism soup) | ||
| + | * [[Error codes and messages]] | ||
* [[Error detection and correction]] | * [[Error detection and correction]] | ||
| − | * [[Executables]] | + | * '''[[Executables]]''' |
* '''[[Filesystem]]''' - File systems are the protocols by which multiple files are stored and organized by an operating system | * '''[[Filesystem]]''' - File systems are the protocols by which multiple files are stored and organized by an operating system | ||
* [[File transfer]] | * [[File transfer]] | ||
* [[Finance and Accounting]] | * [[Finance and Accounting]] | ||
* [[Firmware]] (low-level system files/data/programs) | * [[Firmware]] (low-level system files/data/programs) | ||
| − | * [[Fonts]] | + | * '''[[Fonts]]''' |
| + | * [[Forensics and Law Enforcement]] | ||
| + | * '''[[Game data files]]''' | ||
* [[Genealogical data]] | * [[Genealogical data]] | ||
| − | * [[Geospatial]] | + | * '''[[Geospatial]]''' |
| − | * | + | * '''[[Graphics]]''' |
| − | + | ||
* [[Health and Medicine]] | * [[Health and Medicine]] | ||
* [[Help files]] | * [[Help files]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Hypermedia]] (self-contained files that combine text, graphics, audio, video, and executable code) |
| + | * [[Industrial]] | ||
* [[Interactive Fiction]] | * [[Interactive Fiction]] | ||
| + | * [[Internet]] | ||
| + | * [[Law]] (legislation, litigation, lawyer stuff, etc.) | ||
* [[Machine Embroidery]] | * [[Machine Embroidery]] | ||
* [[Markup]] | * [[Markup]] | ||
* [[Metadata]] | * [[Metadata]] | ||
| − | * [[Mind maps, Topic maps etc]] | + | * [[Metaformats]] |
| + | * [[Military]] | ||
| + | * [[Mind maps, Topic maps, etc.]] | ||
| + | * [[Miscellaneous File Formats]] | ||
| + | * [[Networking]] | ||
| + | * [[News media]] (formats used in journalism and news publishing) | ||
* [[Page description languages]] as used in print preprocessing | * [[Page description languages]] as used in print preprocessing | ||
| + | * [[Performing Arts]] | ||
* [[Personal Digital Assistant formats]] | * [[Personal Digital Assistant formats]] | ||
| + | * [[Project management]] | ||
| + | * [[Protocols]] | ||
| + | * [[Puzzles]] (crossword, sudoku, jigsaw... any sort of brain-teaser) | ||
* [[Radio]] | * [[Radio]] | ||
| + | * [[Resources]] | ||
* [[Retail sales]] | * [[Retail sales]] | ||
* [[ROM and memory images]] | * [[ROM and memory images]] | ||
* [[Saved Games]] | * [[Saved Games]] | ||
| − | * [[Scientific Data formats]] and mathematics related formats | + | * [[Schema formats]] |
| + | * '''[[Scientific Data formats]]''' and mathematics related formats | ||
* [[Security]] | * [[Security]] | ||
* [[Serialization]] | * [[Serialization]] | ||
* [[Source code]] | * [[Source code]] | ||
| + | * [[System files]] | ||
* [[Telephony]] | * [[Telephony]] | ||
* [[Temporary files]] | * [[Temporary files]] | ||
| − | * [[Text-based data]] ( | + | * [[Text-based data]] |
| − | * [[Video]] | + | * [[Transfer Encodings]] |
| − | * [[Web]] | + | * [[Transportation]] (formats used in vehicles, transit and shipping systems, etc.) |
| + | * '''[[Video]]''' | ||
| + | * '''[[Web]]''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Links == | ||
| + | * [http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/papers/2008/P3279.pdf Future Computer Technology and its Impact (1966)] | ||
| + | * [http://xkcd.com/1360/ Old Files (xkcd)] | ||
| + | * [http://danieltemkin.com/Tutorials/ Tutorials on 'glitch' and 'databending' techniques to munge data for artistic purposes] | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub5G_t-gUBc Funky File Formats (video)] | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9m5N2DA6mE Introduction to file format internals (video)] | ||
[[Category:Electronic File Formats| ]] | [[Category:Electronic File Formats| ]] | ||
Revision as of 00:36, 2 May 2019
| File Formats | > | Electronic File Formats |
Formats based on electronic/online media.
- 3D and CAD/CAM Models
- Address books and contacts
- Agriculture
- Annotation
- Archiving
- Audio and Music
- Backup
- Bibliographic data - Catalogues, Finding aids and Reference lists
- Calendars
- Cameras and Digital Image Sensors
- Character encoding - Character encodings map binary data onto written characters.
- Compression
- Configuration files
- Coupons and Tickets
- Culinary arts - file formats related to cooking, baking, frying, broiling... Yum!
- Currency - electronic currencies (e.g., Bitcoin). Also some systems for transferring funds in various currencies.
- Databases
- Data type
- Development
- Diagramming and flowcharting
- Disk Image Formats (or tape image, etc.; images of data as stored on physical media)
- Diskmagazines
- Distributed computing projects (volunteer and grid computing)
- Document - Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation
- Education
- Electronic Publishing formats (e-books)
- Elements of File Formats
- E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums (includes various other sorts of messaging, BBSs, social networking, etc.)
- Encryption
- Enterprise software (ERP, CRM, and the rest of the buzzword initialism soup)
- Error codes and messages
- Error detection and correction
- Executables
- Filesystem - File systems are the protocols by which multiple files are stored and organized by an operating system
- File transfer
- Finance and Accounting
- Firmware (low-level system files/data/programs)
- Fonts
- Forensics and Law Enforcement
- Game data files
- Genealogical data
- Geospatial
- Graphics
- Health and Medicine
- Help files
- Hypermedia (self-contained files that combine text, graphics, audio, video, and executable code)
- Industrial
- Interactive Fiction
- Internet
- Law (legislation, litigation, lawyer stuff, etc.)
- Machine Embroidery
- Markup
- Metadata
- Metaformats
- Military
- Mind maps, Topic maps, etc.
- Miscellaneous File Formats
- Networking
- News media (formats used in journalism and news publishing)
- Page description languages as used in print preprocessing
- Performing Arts
- Personal Digital Assistant formats
- Project management
- Protocols
- Puzzles (crossword, sudoku, jigsaw... any sort of brain-teaser)
- Radio
- Resources
- Retail sales
- ROM and memory images
- Saved Games
- Schema formats
- Scientific Data formats and mathematics related formats
- Security
- Serialization
- Source code
- System files
- Telephony
- Temporary files
- Text-based data
- Transfer Encodings
- Transportation (formats used in vehicles, transit and shipping systems, etc.)
- Video
- Web
